After hearing this, Xing Ge'er raised his eyebrows proudly, and then said to Chen Zhen: "I learned this from you. If you like someone, you have to make a move. But I am not as bold as you. I didn't dare to go to him directly. Instead, I asked a matchmaker to arrange the marriage.
I asked him to marry me three times before he finally agreed. He also asked for an engagement first and that the marriage could only take place after he passed the imperial examination next year."
After hearing this, Chen Zhen patted Xing Ge'er on the shoulder and said to him, "Your decision is absolutely right. Getting married too early is not good, as it can easily affect your physical development."
Xing Ge'er nodded when he heard this, and then said, "Next year we will both be of age, and it will be just right to get married."
After that, he said, "Brother Zhen, I have a favor to ask of you. If you have time, can you let Mr. He guide Li Yu? If he can pass the exam to become a scholar next year, then I can also become a scholar's husband like you."
"That's no problem," Chen Chen said readily, "I'll just talk to Ah Shu about it later. But whether he can pass the exam or not will depend on Li Yu himself."
"That's for sure," Xing Ge'er said in agreement. "I think Mr. He is very capable, so I want him to help Li Yu. Whether he can pass the exam depends on Li Yu's own ability. If Li Yu can pass, our village will have another talented son-in-law."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhen nodded in agreement, and then said to Xing Ge'er, "I think that instead of relying on the men in the village to pass the exam to become a scholar, it would be better for the boys and girls in the village to recruit more sons-in-law who are scholars or brothers-in-law."
When Xing Ge'er heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "If you say this in front of Uncle Yuan, he'll definitely be angry with you again. Our village hasn't produced a scholar in all these years, and he's almost worried to death every day."
"Then who made our villagers live up to their expectations?" Chen Chen said bluntly.
While Shen Zhen and Xing Ge'er were chatting, Li Yu was also chatting with He Jinshu.
Li Yu bowed to He Jinshu and said, "Brother He, please don't blame me for coming here uninvited."
Li Yu had not originally planned to come. He was embarrassed to come because He Jinshu had not invited him. However, he could not resist Xing Ge'er's pleading. In addition, Xing Ge'er and Chen Chen were from the same village and had a good relationship. He also heard that He Jinshu had tinkered with a lot of things recently, so he thought of coming to take a look.
He Jinshu also bowed to Li Yu, and then said, "It's my fault for not being able to inform Junior Brother Li in time. I also want to congratulate Junior Brother Li on his engagement. Please let me know when the wedding takes place, and I will definitely prepare a generous gift for him."
"Okay, I will definitely inform Senior Brother He when the time comes." Li Yu nodded and said happily.
After finishing speaking, he continued, "Brother He, we are now considered as close relatives. I will not be so formal with you when talking to you, okay?"
"Okay, whatever you want." He Jinshu nodded slightly.
Li Yu said, "I will be taking the scholar exam next February. If I have any questions, can I come to your house and ask you for advice or discuss it?"
"Okay, but my ability is limited, so I can only try my best to help you." He Jinshu said.
"No, Senior Brother He is very amazing. I heard that he recently developed a rice transplanter that can transplant 10 acres of land a day. This may help people save a lot of manpower and time costs." Li Yu said admiringly.
He Jinshu said modestly upon hearing this: "This is all made based on other people's experience."
Li Yu thought He Jinshu was being modest and didn't think anything else about it. He handed the item to He Jinshu and said, "These are gifts for the two children. Brother He, please keep them."
"Thank you." He Jinshu said after taking the gift.
On the other side, Xing Ge'er chatted with Chen Zhen for a while, and then handed the thing in his hand to Chen Zhen. This was a gift for the two children. After Chen Zhen received it, he took the two of them into the house and asked them to sit down and drink tea and chat first, and then eat when the meal started at noon.
After that, guests arrived one after another, including people from Shenjia Village, grandparents, business partners and some friends, and He Jinshu's teacher, Mr. Wang, also came.
After my grandpa and uncles arrived, they praised He Jinshu highly. Old Man Shen also gave a rice transplanter to my grandparents' family. It was much easier for them to transplant rice this year. After knowing that it was He Jinshu who made it, they were so proud that they praised this grandson-in-law in the village a lot.
Mr. Wang was very proud of his former student. Not only the food, but also the road to Wujia Village and the rice transplanter he had heard about were all invented by He Jinshu.
This made him exclaim inwardly: As expected, a tiger father will have a dog son! The reason he came to the banquet today was to celebrate He Jinshu's adoption of twins, and also to see what the rice transplanter looked like and discuss with He Jinshu how it was developed.
After most of the guests arrived, it was noon and the banquet could begin.
There were so many people today that the people in Wujia Village took the initiative to provide their own tables, chairs, plates and other things. Together with the tables, chairs and plates brought by Shen's mother and others, there were a total of 100 tables.
The banquet was packed and lively.
After eating for a while, the two sleeping kids in the room woke up. After hearing the report from the servants, He Jinshu and Shen Zhen greeted the people at the table and then returned to the room.
On the way, He Jinshu asked the servants to go to the kitchen and ask Aunt Wen to cook some goat milk. It was noon now and his sons must be hungry.
In the room, two children were crying loudly. After He Jinshu and his companion entered the room, they first checked them, changed their diapers, and waited for the servants to bring goat milk. After feeding the two sons, they carried them out.
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